After Aiwass and Aleister left, only Yassen and Sherlock were left in the carriage.
These two people were once considered mortal enemies - the Phantom Thief and the Detective had a hostile relationship.
Not to mention that Yassen, who grew up in Iris, disdained authority, but Sherlock tried his best to protect it. Whether it was in terms of path, career or ideals, they were not in the same boat.
Now they can become friends, on the one hand because they have overcome difficulties together, and on the other hand because they both have a sense of morality and lofty ideals.
Seeing Aiwass and Aleister leaving, Yassen couldn't help but sigh: "These Children of the Moon...are really a bunch of trouble..."
After all, he was once a member of the Hawkeye organization.
Although he has withdrawn from the organization now, he still agrees with the philosophy of the Hawkeye Organization in his heart - Iris is the Iris of mankind, and all Children of the Moon should be expelled.
"Soon."
Sherlock turned over the documents in his hand and spoke absentmindedly.
"What's so fast?"
"Everything is coming soon."
Sherlock raised his head and glanced meaningfully at Yassen, which made his hair stand on end.
"...You mages of the path of wisdom are really annoying."
Yassen smacked his lips, took out a bottle of ice-cold champagne from the side compartment of the carriage, and poured a glass for himself and Sherlock: "Can't you have something to talk about?"
"Alright."
Unexpectedly, Sherlock pointed to the empty space with his finger: "Pour two more cups... Oh no, one cup will do."
"One cup?"
Yasen was stunned for a moment and then reacted: "Oh, that's right. That little lady looks young, and she really shouldn't drink."
"That's not the reason...forget it, you'll know after a while."
As Sherlock spoke, he stared intently at the thin document in his hand.
There are clearly not a few lines of words on the paper, and I don’t know what I am looking at...
Yassen curled his lips, feeling that Sherlock was just pretending to be cool - or just too lazy to explain to himself. He had known Sherlock for many years, and occasionally wrote letters about some of the mysteries he encountered and sent them to
Sherlock, he always likes to be mysterious like this.
Just like a prophet who has adapted to the path, he talks about something that he doesn't understand at the moment, but in retrospect, he realizes that everything he said is right, but he didn't guess what he meant. So he will feel
He felt a sense of frustration from his lack of wisdom, so he sincerely admired his wisdom - what a joke!
He won't be deceived! It's just that Sherlock likes to hear people say things like "I really don't understand, Sherlock". As long as the other party admits defeat, he will raise the corners of his mouth and speak elegantly and calmly.
Patient and detailed explanation.
As an extraordinary person on the path of beauty, Yasen's logical ability is indeed not very good, but his instinctive vision is sharp enough.
——According to Yassen's perception, this was mostly caused by the lack of recognition he received when he was a child. I'm afraid there should be a smart person among his parents, siblings or classmates who was completely incomparable to Sherlock. The frustration caused at that time
That's why he is so obsessed with "victory" and "correctness" now.
And this is probably the reason why Sherlock doesn't have enough friends... He wants to make it clear and make the other person aware of the strength gap between him and him. If he is weaker than him, he must admit that he is weaker than him; he is stronger than him.
Sherlock will be sincerely convinced by someone who is... just like the admiration he had for the person who was stronger than him when he was a child. This is probably the real source of Shylock's adaptability to the authoritarian path - different from the "inherited from his father" that he confided in his letter. Shylock's ability to reach the third level in his early twenties must be from
Inner impulse. And later his resistance to the authoritarian path... In Yassen's view, it was actually Shylock's inner resistance to "loneliness".
——The higher you go on the path of authoritarianism, the fewer friends you will inevitably have.
The only people who can travel together are people of the same level and on the same path. If someone rises to a higher position, their relationship will also change.
After all, at the pinnacle of the path of authoritarianism, the Silver Crowned Dragon is also an absolute loner—no friends, no relatives, no love.
Sherlock must have realized something instinctively, but he was not sure of the key, so he felt anxious...
Yassen watched Sherlock lost in thought, but at this moment the carriage door was opened from the outside.
Aiwass came in slowly from the outside and sat alone on the seat opposite the two of them. Looking at the still bubbling golden champagne in front of him, he grinned: "Oh, you also knew to leave some for me.
Take a bite, great detective."
"...Is it over so soon?"
Yassen was surprised when he saw Aiwass coming in: "Have you... given up on this goal? Or is it that the earl is not present?"
He glanced at Sherlock, and it was obvious that the other party had known about it for a long time.
But...why?
"Ask a question."
Sherlock raised his head and asked Aiwass: "Where are we going?"
"The House of the Comte d'Orléans."
Aiwass first ordered the coachman, and then asked Sherlock: "Right?"
"correct."
Feeling that the carriage was moving again, Sherlock exhaled and turned over the information he had looked at hundreds of times in his hands and closed it: "It seems that it is no longer needed."
"Then...where is Earl Harlick?"
Yasen asked subconsciously: "Did you kill him?"
Aiwass glanced at him and responded with a smile: "Yes.
"As for the other targets... it depends on how fast Aleister can fly. After all, the other earls don't live in Les Genres, so it may take a long time to fly. If she can't come back, we will solve it ourselves.
Bar."
...It is clear that the misdirection spell of the Box of Nothingness has been lifted, but do we still want to kill them all?
No, it can't be considered as killing them all. After all, these are just a few Children of the Moon from the Earl's Mansion.
As far as the scale of the entire Iris is concerned, this is only a drop in the bucket. Even though the Hawkeye organization has been hunting down all humans who have transformed into children of the moon as a deterrent, the number of children of the moon is still increasing every year. It is said that the current number of children of the moon is still increasing.
The number of children has exceeded 1% of the total population of Iris.
Even in the era of the Herasl Empire, there were definitely not so many Children of the Moon - you must know that the Children of the Moon only look for offspring from the upper class. 1% of the total population means that their proportion in the upper class is probably very important.
.
Even if all the Moon Children in several Earl's Mansions were killed, the situation of the Moon Children occupying the upper floors of Iris would not be much improved...
It's like he guessed Yassen's thoughts.
Without waiting for the other party to ask, Aiwass shook his head and said proactively: "This is not to solve the problem, it is just a... warning. Or it can be said that this is sending a signal."
"I know Aiwass very well."
Sherlock picked up the champagne, just took a sip and then put it down: "He has a special sense of morality that does not belong to this era. So I can guess... when he really witnessed the atrocities of the Son of Iris and the Moon.
, he will never let them go.
"As a former pope, he more or less represents the position of the Theocracy, and it may not be convenient for him to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. With the current depth of the control of the Children of the Moon over Iris, killing them all will definitely involve this taboo. Of course, we
Everyone also knows that this taboo is actually a 'courtesy' for the Theocracy to restrain itself, and it does not actually have any decisive binding force.
"——But there may not be any way to avoid it."
"Yes."
Aiwass nodded.
He looked at Sherlock and Yassen, thought for a moment, clasped his hands together, and confessed with a pious expression: "Actually, I had already prayed on the way here."
"……prayer?"
Hearing this, Yasen couldn't hold back any longer: "Has an early funeral been held for them?"
"Of course not. The Sons of the Moon are actually a special kind of phantom demons with flesh and blood... Their essence is close to the demon beasts when they walked the path of beasts in the world. In other words, even if their souls die, they will not go to the dream.
Realm. The souls who truly belong to this identity have already gone to the dream world when they transformed."
Aiwass said something that Sherlock had known for a long time, but that shocked Yassen.
And the next words shocked him even more: "My killing of the Moon Son was approved by the gods."